Summertime is TREASURE HUNTING Time! The Georgia State Historic Sites History Trail geocaching game is underway- you can ‘Get Out. Get Dirty. And Get Fit.’ in a Georgia Historic Site this summer! It’s time to grab your cell phone, comfortable shoes, and a buddy – let’s go Geocaching! A few weeks ago the Georgia Discovery

If you’re involved with the DEN, either as a STAR Discovery Educator, Leadership Council member, or in some other fashion, you’ve experienced the greatness of this community. Do you think you can put your thoughts about the DEN into a sentence or two? I’m sure you can and will. We’re putting together another resource to

Maryland’s own Selena Ward will be recognized at ISTE as one of the Emerging Leaders for 2012! We are so proud to have one of our DEN Community members receiving such an honor. Yeeaaaaaah, Selena! The image below is from the Maryland Society for Educational Technology’s latest newsletter.

American writer Ray Bradbury passed away today at the age of 91. A celebrated writer, Bradbury was known for infusing his stories with hints of fantasy and mystery, all the while introducing the overarching theme of dystopia into many of his writings. I do have memories of reading Fahrenheit 451 during my lazy schoolboy days

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“I have to present Discovery Education to my staff. What should I share?” I’ve seen the conversation arise on Facebook, Twitter, Edmodo, and Google+, so in light of everyone heading back to school, I thought I would share my favorite ten things to showcase in Discovery Education. Some may even be new to you!

One of my least favorite trends in education is hatin’ on PowerPoint. Visual presentation in and of itself isn’t the problem! A quick glance of Google search results for “PowerPoint meme” sums up the anti-PowerPoint narrative sweeping the web: PowerPoints can be dreadfully boring, and relying solely on teacher-centered instruction is problematic. That being